A Petaluma man was arrested after leading police on a residential chase Tuesday evening. Officers deployed a tire‑deflation device and booked him on multiple felony counts.

A person was found shot and died Wednesday night on International Boulevard in East Oakland; police say homicide detectives are investigating and seeking tips and video.

A suspect was arrested after an ignited "molotov cocktail" was thrown into a San Francisco street. SFPD says a drone helped officers locate and seize the device.

The Santa Clara County SAFE Task Force is seeking 46‑year‑old Renato Rashidally, wanted for failing to register as a sex offender; authorities say he frequents San Jose and Gilroy.

A big rig struck the 32-foot totem pole outside Ray’s Food Place in Weed late Tuesday, leaving the midcentury roadside landmark badly damaged.

San José police say 11 people were arrested in a chat operation tied to child sexual exploitation. Investigators with the ICAC task force say the probe is active.

Two fires during battery tests at Tesla's Palo Alto engineering campus were traced to thermal runaway in experimental lithium‑ion cells, and the city ordered hazmat cleanup.

Tracking tech helped police find a vehicle tied to a wheel theft. Arrests were made and a loaded, concealed handgun was seized.

A judge denied a mental‑health diversion request in the Happy Happy Daycare case, clearing the way for a jury trial next week in the deaths of two toddlers. Families urged the court not to divert the case.

A Hayward resident was among five people sentenced after a DoorDash phantom‑orders scheme that cost the company more than $2.5 million.

Jurors were shown Las Vegas group texts and pool‑party footage as prosecutors laid out evidence in the trial of Shannon O’Connor, the so‑called Los Gatos “party mom.”

Sheryl Davis invoked the Fifth as San Francisco ethics staff pressed 31 administrative counts tied to a $4.6M controller audit. The Ethics Commission could vote this week on how to proceed.

Jurors were shown a Ring‑camera clip prosecutors say captured the fatal shooting of Antioch rapper Richard Morello Jr.; the defendant says self‑defense.